๐ช Space Opera Writer & Artist
๐ Hippie mystical yoga type
๐ LGBTQ+ and BLM
๐ฝ Gender-free since 1995 (they/them)
๐ Married to @straysongdog.com
๐ Say no to AI
Novels and art at:
CarmenLoup.com ๐

@carmenloup.com
๐ช Space Opera Writer & Artist
๐ Hippie mystical yoga type
๐ LGBTQ+ and BLM
๐ฝ Gender-free since 1995 (they/them)
๐ Married to @straysongdog.com
๐ Say no to AI
Novels and art at:
CarmenLoup.com ๐
Yeah! He came from England right? I really should pick up some of his works. Is there a book of his you recommend?
I keep hearing about him lately! Iโm visiting Varanasi in Feb and he had a school there.
I saw somewhere that tomorrow is a social media boycott day? Are we doing that?
I get to go see Rocky Horror tomorrow ๐ฅฐ Fun fact, when recording The Audacity audiobook, the voice I did for Chaos was very much inspired by Frankenfurter. Another Halloween fact: Aimzโs voice is my impression of Holtzman from Ghostbusters.
Yes! I am aware of him, but I havenโt engaged with his teachings much. I gotta say Iโm liking what I see along the lines of different teachings for renunciates and householders. Thatโs always been a bit of a difficulty! Iโve definitely been tempted to run off to an ashram before ๐
Yoga teacher training! I was trained through integral yoga
Iโve been going through Christopher Wallisโs translation using the app he made, Tantra 112. Heโs so thorough ๐
Oh wow! I didnโt know he did a translation!! I have his Kriya Yoga book. The doorstopper. He could definitely write ๐คฃ
Iโm usually really careful about not staring at anyone at the gym because thatโs rude BUT there was a guy who looked exactly like Xan (not blue of course), even down to the height and the hair, and it was SO DISTRACTING ๐ซ
I am. I do enjoy my Bhakti, and some Advaita Vedanta can be a little dry for my taste, so I usually end up in the Kashmiri Shaivite or Trika (not too clear on the difference!) Non-Dual stream.
Oh man so many things!! In 2020 I took YTT and it changed my entire mind space, it was incredible. I started out studying yoga and then went to Hinduism and am now trying to understand Tantra. Iโm working through Tantra Illuminated and the Vjnana Bhairava Tantra right now!
I wish I knew more people who were hyper fixated on all things India like I am. I'm a lonely Hindaboo. ๐
Oh that's very 90s World Wide Web core ๐
5. Do you have a writing buddy a group? If not, request a friend! #Novelmber
4. I prefer 3rd person to read and write in, but I have used 1st person intentionally in Aliens in New Florida and one of the twists in the book explains exactly why! I also use present-tense intentionally for certain states of consciousness characters get into in some later books! #novelmber
4) What POV (point of view) are you going to write in? ist, 3rd, end? Anyone writing in 2nd gets a cookie because I great respect but also much fear for you.
I write for myself, but I also am a hippy-dippy non-dualist type, so I believe there is no other! By writing what I want to read, I am assured that everything I publish is at least 1 person's favorite book. #pretendpanel
100% agree. Iโm seeing โI hate menโ tattoos now. Crazy to think itโs okay to define yourself by hating a group of people. Far too often the victim becomes the perpetrator to try and get revenge and creates a vicious cycle.
2. Iโve got 5 full length novels out (4 in The Audacity series and Aliens in New Florida) and a few short stories and a Tarot deck all at CarmenLoup.com
#novelmber
๐ COMING UP NEXT at 12:30pm Eastern:
๐ The Audacity (audiobook) with @carmenloup.com
โจ A cosmic race to save reality, read by author Carmen Loup.
๐ก Find out more at: /shows/the-audacity